Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.10.25

svān svān bandhūn pariṣvajya

lakṣmaṇeṣubhir arditān

ruruduḥ susvaraḿ dīnā

ghnantya ātmānam ātmanā

SYNONYMS

svān svān — their own respective husbands; bandhūn — friends; pariṣvajya — embracing; lakṣmaṇa-iṣubhiḥ — by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa; arditān — who were killed; ruruduḥ — all the wives cried piteously; su-svaram — it was very sweet to hear; dīnāḥ — very poor; ghnantyaḥ — striking; ātmānam — their breasts; ātmanā — by themselves.

TRANSLATION

Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone.

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